LODGE OF PERFECTION4° - Secret Master Duty, reflection and study are the gateway to opportunity, as such one honors those relationships to God, family, country and Masonry.

5° - Perfect Master The degree teaches Masonic honor; that honesty and trustworthiness is the cornerstone of the foundation of such. This virtue should be in all of our undertakings with mankind. 6° - Intimate Secretary In this degree one should expand their knowledge of duty, charity and toleration. We are instructed to reshape ourselves and our thinking into charity, self-control, and success i.e. to be a peacemaker.

7° - Provost & Judge We learn that impartial justice protects person, property, happiness and reputation. We are instructed to judge with patience and impartially.

8° - Intendant of the Building We should strive for perfection by using the great principles of "God's inherent love, charity, morality and kindness".

9° - Elu of the Nine (Elected Knight of the Nine)Truth, candor and generosity; the foundation of Scottish Rite Masonry is most reflected in this degree. We should use these truths to shape our lives and conduct.

10° - Elu of the Fifteen (Illustrious Elect of the Fifteen)This degree teaches us to be tolerant and respect the opinions of others. Freedoms of political and spiritual ideologies should be shared by all.

11° - Elu of the Twelve (Sublime Knight Elect of the Twelve)This degree teaches sympathy. We should be compassionate to our brother Masons and to all mankind as well.

12° - Master Architect This degree teaches faith in morality and virtue and in God. "Life is what each man makes of it; the optimist turns a trial into a blessing.

13° - Royal Arch of Solomon (Night of the Ninth Arch)Liberty; in our mind and our hearts, motivated by duty and honor are the lessons of this degree.

14° - Perfect Elu (Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason)This degree teaches us to reflect and scrutinize oneself. We should strive to be true to ourselves and our God.

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15° - Knight of the East, of the Sword or of the EagleFidelity to obligations and perseverance of purpose under difficulties and discouragement are the lessons of this degree.

16° - Prince of JerusalemWe learn "heroism of patience, the nobility of self-sacrifice" and compassionate judgment, along with charity, fidelity and brotherhood.

17° - Knight of the East & West The wisdom of this degree is that loyalty to God is man's primary allegiance and the temporal governments not founded upon God and His righteousness will inevitably fall.

18° - Knight Rose Croix This degree emphasizes that life and its strength come from God. The rose signifies the dawn and the cross is a sacred symbol of antiquity in many cultures. One is also taught to be tolerant of others errors and their faults.

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19° - Grand Pontiff We learn from the past and how it affects the present and the influence we live in the future in this degree. We as mortals strive to endure, produce and improve the world as it surrounds us.

20° - Master of the Symbolic Lodge This demonstrates liberty, fraternity and equality. These truths teach morals, religious and philosophical understandings. This degree helps one to comprehend Deity, forces of nature, good and evil.

21° - Noachite, or Prussian KnightThe lessons to be learned from this degree are that arrogance, defamation and cowardice are unworthy attributes of a Mason and that humility, modesty and courtesy are the true virtues of men and Masons.

22° - Knight of the Royal Axe, Prince of LibanusThis degree emphasizes work ethics: By doing good work we improve character and become better citizens. T

23° - Chief of the Tabernacle We learn in this degree that the man who forgets his duty to God, family, country and himself will be in danger of moral and spiritual destruction by thoughts and unworthy ambition.

24° - Prince of the Tabernacle A Mason must show evidence of compassion, piety and justice in this degree. After initiation he may "manifest faithfully the social virtues in order to receive the rewards", to serve humanity through our brotherhood.

25° - Knight of the Brazen Serpent This degree attempts to explain the conceptualities of celestial purity and the eternal soul of man. The apprentice is driven to look within his faith, life and God and to get a clear look at his inner self.

26° - Prince of Mercy or Scottish TrinitarianIn this degree we explore for "the rewards of the trinity of Gods attributes - wisdom or intelligence, force or strength, harmony or beauty".

27° - Knight Commander of the TempleThis degree teaches the apprentice to scorn selfishness, and to uphold the knightly virtues of charity, truth and honor. We should always strive to assist the poor, helpless and infirm.

28° - Knight of the Sun or Prince AdeptWe learn in this degree that our love for God manifests itself in our love for truth, justice and nobility of soul.

29° - Scottish Knight of Saint Andrew The virtues taught in this degree are "Love of God, loyalty to superiors, faithful adherence to promise and active resistance to unfair judgment."

30° - Knight Kadosh or Knight of the White and Black EagleThe lesson of this degree is to be true to ourselves, to stand for what is right and to be just in our lives today with a belief in God, country and oneself.

CONSISTORY

31° - Inspector Inquisitor In this degree the apprentice learns prayerful self-examination. The mistakes today should not be committed tomorrow. Simply, the daily look at one's self to learn to live with the future.

32° - Master of the Royal Secret The lessons taught in this degree are that genuine brotherhood requires mutual regard, opinion, esteem and charity. We always look for the good in all, make allowances for others' shortcomings. We trust the Supreme Architect to lead us to friendship, morality and brotherly love.